Valuing Micro and Small Businesses in the Shadows of COVID-19
Valuing micro and small businesses in the shadow of COVID-19 is daunting. COVID-19’s effects on the economy has magnified risk and uncertainty for small business, making the job of valuators more difficult. Join small business broker, attorney, valuation professional, and author Gregory Caruso for a deep dive into problematic areas of actual small-business valuation cases. With a review of how the theory ties into the actual application of methods using best practices and professional judgment ...
Global BVU News and Trends September 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Time to Take a Fresh Look at the Use of Transaction Databases
This is an adaptation of an article contained in the new fourth edition of The Comprehensive Guide to the Use and Application of Transaction Databases.
Key Issues in Valuing Owner Operated Small Businesses
Owner-operated business must be considered in a different framework than many other types of business. Everything from hypothetical transaction (asset sale versus equity interest) to financial objectives (minimize taxable income versus maximize shareholder value) must be considered from a different perspective. Join David Coffman as he discusses rate of return and personal goodwill through this unique lens.
DealStats now lets nonsubscribers search comparables
The DealStats public- and private-transaction database now allows a nonsubscriber to fully utilize the “Quick Search” and “Search” tabs to view limited information on the “Data” tab.
New enhancements made to DealStats transaction database
DealStats (formerly Pratt’s Stats), the state-of-the-art platform for private- and public-company transaction comparables, has made some enhancements.
Reminder to take the A/E firm valuation survey
If you haven’t done so already, please take a few minutes to respond to a survey on the architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting industries (A/E firms) for the A/E Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study, 8th edition, from Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners.
BVU News and Trends July 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Participants needed for A/E firm valuation study
Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners is collecting transactional data on the architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting industries (A/E firms) for its A/E Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study, 8th edition.
The Balance Sheet and its Correlation to Company Specific Risk
The pandemic is teaching us that businesses, small and large, and their balance sheets are important not just from handling a pandemic, but also from sustaining operations. Understanding assets, and which matter, will help analysts determine the specific company risks. Expert Josh Shilts discusses which categories are important in understanding risk and what ratios and other analyses can be used to measure risk. Identifying and linking balance sheet financials to company-specific risk is a critical ...
New business valuation resource from Professor Fernandez captures low market returns
Pablo Fernandez continues to release research that may assist UK business valuers working on reports with valuation dates in Q1 2020.
How to avoid trouble when using transaction databases
Understand your data!
Structure, Valuation & Tax Insights for Logistics & Trucking Companies
Join Jaclyn Burket Frank and Ricky Castillo for an engaging trip into the world of logistics and trucking businesses. Discover the different types of entity structure along with the advantages and disadvantages of each structure. Learn how the 2018 tax law impacted each entity structure and common deductible/nondeductible expenses for the logistics and trucking industry. The industry-specific adjustments to consider along with specific questions to ask business owners to determine whether economic, governmental, and location ...
Put extra scrutiny on market comps, panel advises
The market approach is obviously troublesome now, which makes it even more important to scrutinize your comps, according to a panel that participated in BVR’s second free Town Hall event on the impact of COVID-19 on valuations.
The Comprehensive Guide to the Use and Application of Transaction Databases, Fourth Edition
May 2020 Hardcover, PDF
Alina Niculita
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
BVU News and Trends April 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends March 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
BVU News and Trends February 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
New study gleans DLOMs from the BIZCOMPS database
Imbedded discounts for lack of marketability (DLOMs) have been uncovered in a new study of the BIZCOMPS database of sales of small private companies.
Advance look at BVR’s new guideline public comps tool
In late March, a free trial will be available for BVR’s new Guideline Public Company Comps Tool (GPCCT), which has been built exclusively for the business valuation community.
Private firm multiples up, per BIZCOMPS update
The median sale price-to-SDE multiple for all industries reported at its highest level in 2019, at 2.09x, according to the BIZCOMPS Deal Review, a regular publication that analyzes general trends, valuation multiples, and operating ratios for transactions in the BIZCOMPS database.
BVU News and Trends January 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Two new EV/EBITDA SME transaction studies from Epsilon-Research and UK 200
Epsilon Research has released the Q3 2019 Argos Index, which measures private midmarket company valuations in the euro zone.
BVU News and Trends December 2019
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
A/E industry flying high
“Fueled by a national economic expansion that appears to have no limits, the A/E [architectural/engineering] industry is undoubtedly finishing this decade exhibiting some of the highest levels of confidence, optimism, and growth that we can recall,” says a report from Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners.